Sentenced to life imprisonment almost three decades ago, Eric and Lyle Menendes could have a chance for freedom, since the prosecutors of Los -Ageles comb new evidence.
At the press conference on Thursday, the district prosecutor of the Los -Angels District George Gascon shared that Menentes lawyers provided new evidence in the petition and asked the court to leave their convictions. Gascon announced the hearing on November 29 of potential indignation.
“We have not decided on the result. We are considering information, ”said Gason, For CNNAdding that his office was not sure of the “reliability” of new evidence. “We will evaluate all this.”
The couple killed her parents, Jose and Kitty Menendes, in 1989. They were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996 at their second trial. This process, as you know, prohibits the use of the majority of evidence that describes the possible abuse of the brothers in detail, which has long inspired criticism from criminal justice lawyers, including Kim Kardashian. The new proof includes the letter of Eric Menendes, which, according to his lawyers, confirms his brother’s claims about long -term sexual violence by his father.
Eric and Lyle Menendes have long been speaking about the cruelty that they experienced at the hands of their father, Jose, who, according to them, had to play in their sentence.
Cliff Gardner, lawyer of the Menendes brothers, celebrated the news in an email letter Associated press.
“Given a very different understanding of how sexual and physical violence affects children – both boys and girls – and remarkable new evidence, we think that indignation is a suitable result,” Gardner wrote. “The brothers were serving more than 30 years of prison. This is enough. “
The duet returned to the center of attention thanks to the Netflix series created by Ryan Murphy, dramatizing their business: “Monsters: the story of Lyle and Eric Menendes.” Eric Critical Series in a message on Facebook last month.
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